marshall amp problem!!

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Hi, this is urgent, I have a marshall mg50fx and the jack input has fallen inside the input hole. This has happened a few times before and I've fished it out with a skewer, but this time I couldn't get to it so I unscrewed the screws off the top and took the whole top bit out. I fixed the input and then when I slid it back in it wouldnt fit right. The bottom of it would fit in, but the top bit just couldnt fit right.
It was all the way in so it almost looks like it is fine, but the top bit just wont go any further so it is on a slight tilt and I can put the screws back in. HELP ME!

thanks
 
Not trying to be funny...but you are obviously doing something wrong.
Often you have to put things back in a specific order/way to get them to fall into place, and it sounds like you just did something out of step.

Don't panic.
Take a very close look at how all the pieces fit and find what is wrong.
Take it apart again if you have to and start fresh.
If you keep in mind that it was right before you took it apart, then there has to be a way for it to go back together the right way again.

:)
 
the thing is, i have taken it out and put it back in again many times and there is no difference! I have looked inside it and I'm pretty sure that there aren't any little bits that look like they could get in the way. I am just stuck. I didn't drop it at all so I very much doubt that I managed to bend the metal, I'm just so confused!
 
here are some pictures:
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You're referring to that small gap at the top of the faceplate?

You might just need to find a way to pull it toward the front as you screw it down tight from the top, since it doesn't look like you can push on it from the back.
It doesn't look like much of a gap, and there's probably enough play in the screw holes to allow the faceplate to move a bit, so that's why you get the gap.

You can use a piece of tape...over the top/front lip of the faceplate, at each end of the faceplate...to pull it toward the front and hold it with one hand while you screw that corner down tight.
Once you screw it down at both ends, just cut the tape off at the edge (carefully) on each end of the faceplate.
 
well what I have done is screwed the back three screws in because I was able to push the thing in just enough to get to the holes, but there is no chance getting to the front three. before and after putting the screws in I could only just see the tip of the holes but the thing just wont budge one bit. So at the moment there is still the little gap, but there are three screws securely in, so I think for now I am just going to leave it like that. It is stable and definitely not going to fall out apart from the front seems to be able to be moved back just a tiny bit. But it is still totally usable and not actually going to cause me any problems, but I just really dont understand why its done that.

If in the future I find there is a problem then I think I'll take it somewhere to get fixed, because I cannot see what is going wrong
Thanks for your help though
 
and btw, I think its because of the bad photography but in the photos the gap is quite smaller than it looks in real life. I'm not talking a lot smaller but I think the flash makes it difficult to properly see it
 
ollie99 said:
The bottom of it would fit in, but the top bit just couldnt fit right.
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When you say the top bit, do you mean the metal lips that have the screw holes?

Put your hand inside the black amp cabinet and feel the underside of the top panel; The ceiling if you like.

Is there anything there that the metal lips would catch on?


You my friend, may need to 'jimmy' it a little bit. ;)
 
Steenamaroo said:
When you say the top bit, do you mean the metal lips that have the screw holes?

Put your hand inside the black amp cabinet and feel the underside of the top panel; The ceiling if you like.

Is there anything there that the metal lips would catch on?
IIRC there should be metal threaded jobbys set into the wood.

I guess they're catching on the metal lip.

You my friend, may need to 'jimmy' it a little bit. ;)
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Yeah I did put my hand in actually, felt all around it and couldnt feel anything.

and could you explain the "jimmy it" joke please? ;)
 
Looks very similar to an MG250DFX that I pulled apart recently. It had 4 screws, one in each corner and reassembly was so easy that I could have thrown the amp into the cabinet from 10 feet away. It came out, its gotta go back in. If not, something is stopping it and I would be looking for that.

Yes I know you have looked but the obstruction might only show up when you put the amp back in, like a piece of the vinyl cover getting in the way maybe. I am sorry for not being much help but I can't imagine what the problem is. It looks like a straightforward operation that is being foiled by something simple
 
GuitarLegend said:
Looks very similar to an MG250DFX that I pulled apart recently. It had 4 screws, one in each corner and reassembly was so easy that I could have thrown the amp into the cabinet from 10 feet away. It came out, its gotta go back in. If not, something is stopping it and I would be looking for that.

Yes I know you have looked but the obstruction might only show up when you put the amp back in, like a piece of the vinyl cover getting in the way maybe. I am sorry for not being much help but I can't imagine what the problem is. It looks like a straightforward operation that is being foiled by something simple
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okay thanks I will look again :)
 
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